1997 Minnesota Statutes

     124.193 Prohibited aid and levies. 

    Subdivision 1.    General prohibition.  Unless 
 specifically permitted in the provision authorizing an aid or a 
 levy, cooperative units of government defined in section 123.35, 
 subdivision 19b, paragraph (d), are prohibited from making a 
 property tax levy or qualifying for or receiving any form of 
 state aid except as provided in subdivisions 2 and 3. 

    Subd. 2.    Grants.  A cooperative unit may apply for 
 and receive a grant on behalf of its members. 

    Subd. 3.    Allocation from members.  By July 15 of each 
 year, a school district may, by board resolution, request the 
 department to make a payment to a third party.  The total sum of 
 the payments for the year may not exceed the lesser of (a) the 
 district's general education aid for the fiscal year beginning 
 July 1, according to sections 124A.036, subdivision 5, and 
 124A.23, subdivision 4, or (b) an amount equal to $100 times the 
 fund balance pupil units for the fiscal year beginning July 1.  
 By July 30 of each year, the school district must report to the 
 commissioner the amount allocated.  The amount shall be paid to 
 the third party according to section 124.195, subdivision 15.  
 Amounts paid to third parties under this subdivision shall be 
 recognized and reported as revenues and expenditures on the 
 school district's books of account under sections 121.904 and 
 121.906. 

    HIST: 1994 c 647 art 6 s 22; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 9 s 27; 1Sp1997 c 
 4 art 3 s 11